The Greenfield-Central boys basketball team just came up short on Saturday night, losing to host and Hoosier Heritage Conference foe Shelbyville 59-57.

The loss drops the Cougars’ season record to 4-9 and 1-4 in the HHC.

The Cougars limited the Golden Bears to 22 points in the second half and only eight in the fourth quarter, but Greenfield-Central’s 29-point second-half rally fell two points shy of tying the game.

Matt Turner lead the Cougars with 15 points. Brady Mundell added 12 points, while Logan Graddy and Brian Long both had 10 points. Will O’Connor chipped in eight points.

Greenfield-Central travels to Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Friday for Rivalry Night to play HHC foe Pendleton Heights at 8:45 p.m.

Swimming

Cougars finish third

The Greenfield-Central boys and girls swimming teams each placed third at the Fishers three-way meet Saturday.

The boys scored 79 points while Fort Wayne Carroll won with 124 points. Fishers was second at 113.

Chris Joven won the 50-yard freestyle and the 100 freestyle for the Cougars, and was part of the winning 200 freestyle relay team. Zach Cook won the 100 butterfly and was on the relay team as well.

The girls scored 42 points, with Fishers winning at 160 points. FW Carroll was second with 154 points.

Royals take fifth

The Eastern Hancock boys and girls swimming teams both placed fifth at the Warren Central Invitational on Saturday.

The boys scored 224 points to finish fifth out of 16 teams. The girls tallied 198 points for fifth overall.

The boys 400 freestyle relay team set a new school record to lead the Royals, dropping their time by almost four seconds at 3:36.43.

The Royals return to the pool Wednesday for senior night against Hagerstown.

Gymnastics

Dragons finish 2nd

The New Palestine gymnastics team finished second Saturday during the New Castle four-way.

The Dragons scored 96.4 points behind meet winner Richmond with 98.275. New Castle was third with 94.5. Muncie Central placed fourth with 76.725.

Grace Shanahan won the uneven bars (8.65) to secure an event victory for the Dragons. She was also third in the all-around with a score of 33.75. Shanahan placed fourth on floor exercise (8.7) and was fifth on the balance beam (8.225).

Taylor Brown was sixth on vault (8.6), and Kinsey Dilley was fifth on floor (8.4).